Dharwad (Karnataka):Around five people have died and many are feared trapped after an under-construction building at Karnataka’s Dharwad district collapsed on Tuesday.
The collapse took place in Dharwad’s Kumareshwar Nagar area.
43 people have been admitted to the Civil hospital, while 13 people have been referred to KIMS and SDM hospital.
Speaking to media on building collapse, Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad district Deepa Cholan said, “Two people are dead, 28 people are rescued and receiving treatment at Civil Hospital. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team have reached the site of building collapse. Oxygen and water were given to seven people buried in debris. Rescue operations to continue at night.”
BUILDING COLLAPSE INCIDENTSIN KARNATAKA:
- 11.11.2018: An under-construction three-storey building collapsed at Thyagarajanagar Bangalore. One killed and three were injured
- 21.09.2018 : 1 died and 53 Injured when building collapsed in Hospet's Chithvadgi Layout in Ballari district
- 15.02.2018: 3 died and 14 injured after a five-storey under construction building collapsed at Kasavanahalli in Bangalore
- 16.10.2017: 7 dead, 7 injured as 2-storey building collapsed in Ejipura, Bangalore
- 05.10.2016: 3 dead as 5-Storey building collapsed in Bengaluru's Bellandur area
- 26.11.2013: 4, including a child, were killed after a building collapsed in Adugodi area of Bangalore in Karnataka
- 19.08.2013: 8 persons were injured when the centring of a five-storey under-construction building caved in at Someshwaranagar in Bangalore
- 05.08.2013: 3 killed, 11 were hurt as under construction building collapsed in Kengeri, Bangalore
- 12.09.1983: A seven-storey under construction building in Bengaluru collapsed resulting in the death of 123 people and injuring over 120 injured
With inputs from ANI.
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